Can Sea Walls keep out the rising sea?
The "road"/ pile of dirt you see in the picture below is a sea wall. This sea wall has a clearance of, what, say, 2.5m? Maybe 3m? Can a sea wall really keep out the rising sea?
Tongatapu, Tonga: Can sea walls keep out the rising sea?
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2004 http://www.islandvulnerability.org/slr1989.html)
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2004 http://www.islandvulnerability.org/slr1989.html)
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